James P. Krause
Orlando, Florida 32819
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Ambitious accounting finance professional with over 10 years of experience in a broad spectrum of experience ranging from financial analysis, tax preparation, asset management and auditing following GAAP procedures.. Other skills include:
• Contract review and preparation
• Audit Testing
• Trial Balance Analysis
• Account Reconciliation
• Inventory Management
• Corporation and Individual Tax Prep
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Corporate Implementation Specialist Orlando Health Orlando, Florida 2008 – Present
• Saved organization over $100k annually by renegotiating contracts, implementing substitute products, and reviewing utilization of procedures and products
• Review contract compliance, inventory par level requirements, address product substitutions and
conversions to eliminate duplication of products and promote consolidation
• Obtain reimbursement information, product usage, and other research material to prepare presentation to economic impact committee to show clinical and financial impact on organization
• Successfully organized and collaborated strategic projects for corporation to increase profitability and implement new procedures and equipment
• Assist administration with capital requests for budgeting and analysis of capital vs. lease
Accountant Scearce Satcher & Jung CPAs Winter Park, Florida 2008 – 2009
• Prepared corporate, partnership, individual and trust tax returns
• Prepared W-2s, 1099s, payroll and tangible tax returns on a quarterly and annual basis
• Reviewed and analyzed clients income and balance sheets, making yearend adjustments, calculating and recording asset depreciation
• Assisted clients in establishing budgets to keep organization on track with their goals
• Managed asset depreciation schedules for clients
Accountant Norwalk Garrison & Assoc. CPAs Kissimmee, Florida 2006 – 2008
• Prepared annual business license tax payments and filed required paperwork
• Performed audit compliance testing procedures in accordance with GAAP and prepared related work papers
• Analyzed client accounting records prepared year-end adjustments, and accounting write-up
• Reconciled payroll, bank account and various general ledger accounts for multimillion dollar companies
• Worked on governmental audits to comply with auditing and fund accounting procedures
Accountant Florida Choice Vacation Rental Management Kissimmee, Florida 2005 - 2006
• Analyzed accounts receivable and prepared monthly aging reconciliation
• Assisted in creating a process to capture and reconcile credit card transactions in QuickBooks
• Enforced collection policies and procedures reducing outstanding receivables by 10% to conform to contractual agreements
• Reconciled intercompany accounts and transactions and recorded adjustments in Quickbooks
• Administered banking functions: bank deposits, payroll checks, petty cash, and employee reimbursement
Accountant Nicassio Corporation, Sanford, Florida 2005 - 2005
• Analyzed account payable and reconciled aging balances to vendor invoices
• Prepared financial ad hoc reports and handled special projects for strategic planning purposes
• Maintained and interpreted historical data for projects while revising chart of accounts in QuickBooks
• Liaison with job foreman and superintendents on material and supply issues
• Identified and maintained owned and leased equipment, buildings, and fixed assets records
• Company closed due to Fraud found during merger.
Staff Accountant/Auditor Acousti Engineering, Orlando, Florida 2004 - 2005
• Completed governmental required labor and wage reports including EEO, OSHA, occupational injuries, new hire reports, and veteran issues and setup 401K data and payroll reporting
• Managed quarterly inventory of materials in warehouses for the company’s 15 branch locations
• Reconciled physical inventory counts against operational inventory reports and prepared inventory variance reports for managers and officers for 15 branches
• Calculated vendor rebates from suppliers on a quarterly basis
• Analyzed general ledger accounts and prepared monthly adjusting journal entries
Surgical Materials Coordinator Heart of Florida Hospital, Davenport, Florida 2001 - 2005
• Managed supplies and ordering for an operating budget of over $30 million annually
• Evaluated capital equipment expenditures and handled equipment and materials acquisition
• Restructured physical inventory and ordering procedure to increase efficiency and promote standardization
• Forecast departmental needs for capital budget expenses
Business Manager Health Alliance of CNY, Syracuse, New York. 1999 - 2001
• Performed financial and cost analysis for surgical services with budget of $80 million annually
• Audited, prepared and reviewed productivity, revenue, expenses, and variances reports in four divisions
• Established and maintained accuracy of departmental charge structure in accordance with governmental billing regulations
• Reviewed and analyzed purchasing contracts for cost savings and compliance with corporate purchasing policies and procedures
EDUCATION
Webber International University
Master of Business Administration, Concentration: Accounting 2006
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration / Accounting, 2004
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration / Finance, 1997
COMPUTER & TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Experienced with accounting tax, spreadsheets and word processing programs including: QuickBooks, Concorde, POS software (Property Plus), AS 400, ProSeries, Creative Solutions, Work Papers Plus, Peachtree, Lacerte, 1099-ETC, Go System Audit, Fixed Asset Solution, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Works, WordPerfect, MS Outlook, and Lawson.